{"product_id":"public-supply-and-demand-ian-budge-9781350512627","title":"Public Supply and Demand: A Political Theory of Economies and Markets","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEminent political economists Ian Budge and Paul Whiteley make a forceful case for bringing the state back into economic planning for better economic and political outcomes.\u003c\/b\u003e They do so primarily by calling attention to the shortcomings of axiomatic, neoclassical economic theorizing, which makes normative assumptions about how economic actors \u003ci\u003eought\u003c\/i\u003e to behave without considering how they \u003ci\u003eactually\u003c\/i\u003e behave thanks largely to the influence of advertisers and politicians. Revisiting Adam Smith with this in mind, Budge and Whiteley offer original, alternative understandings of individual and collective decision-making; the difference between national economies and \"the economy\"; the state's role in the provision of public goods; the state's role in dealing with risks, uncertainties, and externalities such as climate change; and the very notion of \"supply and demand,\" which they reconceive as \u003ci\u003esupply-then-demand\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe end result is a more robust explanatory model of economics coupled with a normative case for the governance of public goods and markets. All this adds up to a major intervention into the question of how societies organize the extraction and allocation of resources to meet the needs of their constituents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian Budge,Paul Whiteley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350512621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350512627\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d","brand":"Ian Budge","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48217827115263,"sku":"9781350512627","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7756f91e-902f-45a9-a5f5-01fa9466e9a5.jpg?v=1771999706","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/public-supply-and-demand-ian-budge-9781350512627","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}